The website and Twitter account of the Financial Times have been hacked, apparently by activists who support the Syrian government. The Syrian Electronic Army claimed responsibility for the attack, in ...

Video game Gran Turismo could be set to give big brand car makers a run for their money. At a special event to celebrate the title's 15th anniversary, its creator said he hopes the brand will eventually ...

Slovenia said it was confident its newly-adopted action plan would stabilise public finances and lead to an economic recovery, a day after ratings agency Fitch downgraded the crisis-hit country. "The ...

Sir Roger Carr, the President of the CBI, has emerged as the leading candidate to chair defence contractor BAE Systems. I understand that Sir Roger, who is about to end his two-year term at the helm of ...

The company behind Greyhound buses and the First Capital Connect rail franchise is poised to tap shareholders for £500m in new funds months after it lost out in the fiasco over the West Coast mainline. ...

Traditional olive oil jugs are to be banned from restaurants across Europe following a decision in Brussels. The European Commission has declared that only non-refillable, pre-packaged factory bottles ...

Refillable olive oil bottles in eateries across Europe are set to be banned, to stop restaurateurs topping them up with cheaper substitutes. The European Commission said that from 2014, restaurant customers ...

A consumer group has described as "shocking" a regulator's report which identified alarming levels of nuisance calls by claims management companies (CMCs). Ofcom said it was planning to formally ...

A consumer group has described as "shocking" a regulator's report which identified alarming levels of nuisance calls by claims management companies (CMCs). Ofcom said it was planning to formally ...

David Cameron will meet next week with Eric Schmidt, the chairman of Google, just days after a fresh political row erupted over the internet search giant's UK tax affairs. I understand that Mr Schmidt ...

Efforts to improve working conditions at Apple's main manufacturer in China, Foxconn, have made significant progress but the company will need more time to reduce overtime. The conclusions were reached ...

Morrisons has reached agreement with online grocer Ocado to launch its own food offering over the web from January 2014. The companies, which confirmed the 25-year deal after months of talks, saw their ...

Venezuelans have been hit by a chronic toilet paper shortage leading to empty supermarket shelves and long queues to snap up the remaining rolls. When new stocks arrive at supermarkets customers have been ...

Morrisons has reached agreement with online grocer Ocado to launch its own food offering over the web from January 2014. The two companies, which confirmed the 25-year deal after months of talks, saw their ...

Investigations into a deadly blast at a Texas fertiliser plant have failed to identify a cause. State Fire Marshal Chris Connealy said officials were still classifying the cause of the fire that sparked ...

Investigations into a deadly blast at a Texas fertiliser plant have failed to identify a cause. State Fire Marshal Chris Connealy said officials were still classifying the cause of the fire that sparked ...

Members of a group of British computer hackers who masterminded sophisticated cyber attacks on major global institutions from their bedrooms have been jailed. Ryan Ackroyd, Jake Davis, Mustafa Al-Bassam ...

Google has denied trying to "disguise" the way its business operates in order to minimise its tax bill in the UK. The internet giant's vice president Matt Brittin was questioned by the Commons' ...

Lord Myners, the former City minister, is joining forces with a man nicknamed "the homeless billionaire" to launch an investment company that will plough hundreds of millions of pounds into a ...

A prominent Conservative MP is among a clutch of investors who have committed funds to a controversial healthcare venture established by Cherie Blair. I understand that Brooks Newmark, a member of the ...

The High Court has ruled that HMRC's 'sweetheart' tax deal with the investment bank Goldman Sachs was lawful. Campaign group UK Uncut Legal Action had brought the action at the High Court, claiming a deal ...

Virgin Atlantic has dived to a steeper annual loss - blaming tough economic conditions and the London 2012 Olympic Games. The airline, founded by Sir Richard Branson, lost £93m in the year to the end of ...

Part-nationalised Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has announced plans to axe 1,400 staff over the next two years. The lender said the cuts were part of efforts to restructure its Retail division's head office ...

Japanese car manufacturer Honda is returning to Formula One in 2015 as an engine supplier to McLaren. They left the sport in 2008 because of financial trouble but their president, Takanobu Ito, said they ...

Virgin Atlantic has dived to its worst annual loss - blaming tough economic conditions. The airline, founded by Sir Richard Branson, lost £93m in the year to the end of February, worse than the £80m loss ...

BP wants to stop paying out millions of dollars in what it calls spurious compensation claims stemming from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010. The oil company has reportedly warned that the excessive ...

The world's oldest travel firm, Thomas Cook, has announced a £1.6bn capital refinancing plan and new banking facilities to help secure its future. The tour operator on Thursday morning confirmed an earlier ...

The privatisation of Royal Mail will take another step forward on Thursday when the company hands over responsibility for creating one of Britain’s biggest-ever employee share ownership schemes. I understand ...

The company behind Currys and PC World has reported a big lift in sales since the collapse of rival Comet. Dixons Retail, which is Europe's second-biggest electrical goods retailer, said year profit would ...

Japanese car manufacturer Honda is returning to Formula One in 2015 as an engine supplier to McLaren. They left the sport in 2008 because of financial trouble but their president Takanobu Ito said they ...

The company behind the Currys and PC World chains has reported a big lift in sales since the collapse of rival, Comet. Dixons Retail, which is Europe's second-biggest electrical goods retailer, said year ...

The HS2 high-speed rail project has an estimated £3.3bn funding gap, according to Whitehall's spending watchdog. The National Audit Office (NAO) also said it was unclear how the controversial new train ...

The HS2 high-speed rail project has an estimated £3.3bn funding gap, according to Whitehall's spending watchdog. The National Audit Office (NAO) also said it was unclear how the controversial new train ...